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Ending legacy admissions may be defensible in the service of equity, but it’s neither necessary nor sufficient to increase lower-income students’ access to higher education.

They preached about the effectiveness of “defensible space,” advocating that residents prune grasses, saplings and lower limbs immediately adjacent to their homes.

If you actually see a fire, it’s a defensible warning.

Davis noted that the Republican AGs and conservative groups argued “maintaining this broad injunction was defensible because to impose these rules on schools at the last minute would cause great expense and so on.”

Purchasing or building property in hazard areas can come with certain requirements, such as the need to maintain defensible space or conduct annual brush clearance.